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2017

2017 Programme

Tuesday
14 March
6.00 PM

IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture
Dr Katrina O’Loughlin (The University of Western Australia)
“‘Hardly any women at all’? Literary landscapes at the time of Jane Austen.”
For more info or to book, click here.
Venue: Murdoch Lecture Theatre (G.58, Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA

PMRG Annual General Meeting, followed by Public Lecture @ 6.30 PM
Professor Susan Broomhall (The University of Western Australia)
“Love in a Time of War: Correspondence of the French Court in the Last Days of the Italian Wars.”
Venue: Austin Lecture Hall (1.59, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA

Tuesday
4 April
6.00 PM

IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture
Associate Professor Kieran Dolin (The University of Western Australia)
“‘The everyday stuff of life’:Jane Austen and the Law.”
For more info or to book, click here.
Venue: Ross Lecture Theatre (Ground Floor, Physics Building), UWA

Tuesday
16 May
6.00 PM

IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture
Colin Yeo & Dr Peta Beasley (The University of Western Australia)
“Bite-Sized Austen: New Interpretations in Doctoral Research.”
For more info or to book, click here.
Venue: Austin Lecture Hall (1.59, First Floor, Arts Building), UWA

Tuesday
20 June
6.00 PM

IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture
Professor Bob White (The University of Western Australia)
“Sense and Sensibility and Jane Austen’s Lexicon of Emotions.”
For more info or to book, click here.
Venue: Woolnough Lecture Theatre (Geology Building), UWA

Tuesday
18 July
6.00 PM

IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture
Dr Ned Curthoys (The University of Western Australia)
“Jane Austen and the Promotion of Virtue.”
For more info or to book, click here.
Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA

Tuesday
8 August
6.00 PM

IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture
Dr Susanne Meurer (The University of Western Australia)
“Luther’s Reformation at 500: Luther’s Image and the First Media War.”
For more info or to book, click here.
Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA

Thursday
10 August
4.00 PM

CMEMS Moved Reading
“Doctor Faustus.”
Come along and watch or take part. Scripts provided on arrival.
For more info about the Moved Readings Project, click here.
Venue: New Fortune Theatre (Arts Building), UWA

CMEMS Moved Reading
“Demon’s Land” (a modern adaptation of The Faerie Queene), by Simon Palfrey.
Come along and watch or take part. Scripts provided on arrival.
For more info about the Moved Readings Project, click here.
Venue: New Fortune Theatre (Arts Building), UWA

Tuesday
12 September
6.00 PM

IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture
Professor Jacqueline Van Gent (The University of Western Australia)
“Luther and the Devil.”
For more info or to book, click here.
Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA

Thursday
12 October
4.00 PM

CMEMS Moved Reading
“Antony and Cleopatra.”
Come along and watch or take part. Scripts provided on arrival.
For more info about the Moved Readings Project, click here.
Venue: New Fortune Theatre (Arts Building), UWA

UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group XXIIIrd Annual Conference
“The Natural and the Supernatural in medieval and Early Modern Worlds.”
Venue: University Hall, The University of Western Australia
Registration for this event is essential. For more information visit the conference website.

CMEMS Moved Reading
“Titus Andronicus” (the chopped version!)
Come along and watch or take part. Scripts provided on arrival.
For more info about the Moved Readings Project, click here.
Venue: New Fortune Theatre (Arts Building), UWA

Tuesday
31 October
6.00 PM

IAS/CMEMS Public Lecture
Dr Kirk Essary (The University of Western Australia)
“Myth, Memory, and the Making of History.”
For more info or to book, click here.
Venue: Fox Lecture Hall (Ground Floor, Arts Building), UWA

Saturday
9 December
4.00 PM

PMRG Moved Reading
“Sir Launfal”
**A moved reading of Thomas Chestre’s fourteenth-century poem ‘Sir Launfal’, adapted into modern English and read by some of our more dramatically inclined members. The performance is free, but donations would be hugely appreciated**
To view the flyer, click here
Venue: Patricia Crawford Courtyard, UWA

Saturday
9 December
6.00 PM

PMRG Christmas Party
Join us from 6pm for a drink on the deck to round off the year. Please Bring drinks, a plate of food to share, and $5 (unwaged) or $10 (waged) if you can manage a donation.
Venue: Andrew’s House (email Jo for the address)

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